Putting the “Co” in Education: Timing, Reasons, and Consequences of College Coeducation from 1835 to the Present Author(s): Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Human Capital, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Winter 2011), pp. 377-417 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663277 . Accessed: 22/11/2011 13:19 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. The University of Chicago Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Human Capital. http://www.jstor.org Putting the “Co” in Education: Timing, Reasons, and Consequences of College Coeducation from 1835 to the Present Claudia Goldin Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research Lawrence F. Katz Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research The history of coeducation in U.S. higher education is explored through an analysis of a database containing almost all 4-year undergraduate institutions that operated in 1897, 1924, 1934, or 1980. The opening of coeducational in- stitutions was continuous throughout its history, and the switching from single- sex was also fairly constant from 1835 to the 1950s before accelerating in the 1960s and 1970s.